Question 1.
Who prescribed the ‘Varna’ rules?
(a) Rulers
(b) Jatis
(c) Brahmanas
(d) No one
Answer
Answer: (c) Brahmanas
Question 2.
Tribals obtained their livelihood from:
(a) Hunting
(b) Agriculture
(c) Herding
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (d) All of these
Question 3.
Which tribe was influential in Punjab in 13th and 14th centuries?
(a) Khokhar
(b) Ahoms
(c) Gonds
(d) Baiyaras
Answer
Answer: (a) Khokhar
Question 4.
Which tribal group established a powerful kingdom in Assam?
(a) Khokhar
(b) Ahoms
(c) Gonds
(d) Banjaras
Answer
Answer: (b) Ahoms
Question 5.
The important tribe of Bihar is
(a) Mundas
(b) Ahoms
(c) Khokhar
(d) Gonds
Answer
Answer: (a) Mundas
Question 6.
Who used the services of Banjaras as trading nomads?
(a) Alauddin Khalji
(b) Jahangir
(c) Both of these
(d) None
Answer
Answer: (c) Both of these
Question 7.
Who were known as the rathakaras?
(a) Chariot makers
(b) Soldiers
(c) Brahmanas
(d) Carpenters
Answer
Answer: (a) Chariot makers
Question 8.
How many units of villages were called chaurasi?
(a) 80
(b) 84
(c) 14
(d) 24
Answer
Answer: (b) 84
Question 9.
A division of Gond kingdoms controlled by a particular clan was termed as
(a) tanda
(b) clan
(c) garh
(d) khel
Answer
Answer: (c) garh
Question 10.
The main occupation of Gond tribes was
(a) trade
(b) agriculture
(c) goldsmith
(d) blacksmith
Answer
Answer: (b) agriculture
Question 11.
Who was Bir Narain?
(a) Ruler of Sind
(b) Ruler of Punjab
(c) Son of Rani Durgawati
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Son of Rani Durgawati
Question 12.
The Ahom tribes migrated from
(a) Iran
(b) Arab
(c) Myanmar (Burma)
(d) China
Answer
Answer: (c) Myanmar (Burma)
Question 13.
Paik are
(a) the landlords
(b) the forced labourers
(c) people wandering from one place to another
(d) clan in the Ahom society
Answer
Answer: (b) the forced labourers
Match the contents of Column A with that of Column B:
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Gaddi | (a) Chariot makers |
| 2. Kolis | (b) 12 villages |
| 3. Bhils | (c) Central-Western India |
| 4. Rathakaras | (d) Shepherd tribe |
| 5. Barhots | (e) Maharashtra-Karnataka |
Answer
Answer:
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Gaddi | (d) Shepherd tribe |
| 2. Kolis | (e) Maharashtra-Karnataka |
| 3. Bhils | (c) Central-Western India |
| 4. Rathakaras | (a) Chariot makers |
| 5. Barhots | (b) 12 villages |
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:
1. The society was divided according to the rules of …………..
Answer
Answer: vama
2. A large number of ………… were found in the present day state of Chhattisgarh.
Answer
Answer: Gonds
3. Nomadic pastoralists got the things they needed through ………… system.
Answer
Answer: barter
4. The Cheros were defeated by ……….. in 1591.
Answer
Answer: Raja Mem Singh
5. ………… the chief of the Gakkhars was made a noble by Akbar.
Answer
Answer: Kamal Khan Gakkar
6. Historical works called Buranjis were written in ………….. and Ahom language.
Answer
Answer: Assamese
State whether the given statements are true or false:
1. Tribes were not divided into numerous unequal classes.
Answer
Answer: True
2. Most of the tribes kept written records.
Answer
Answer: False
3. Banjara-caravans were called Tanda.
Answer
Answer: True
4. Akbar Nama mentions the Gond kingdom of Garha Katanga that had 70,000 villages.
Answer
Answer: True
5. Rani Durgawati of Garha Katanga was widow of Sangram Shah.
Answer
Answer: False
6. Ahom society was divided into clans/khels.
Answer
Answer: True